Each day we share entries from his on board diary written during
his voyage from Glasgow to Liverpool by sea.

Day 3

"I woke up at 11:30 pm, and at 11:50 I was already on deck. We
were on anchor, at Holy Lock. This was anchor watch, which is
almost the same as on M.V., but here we don't have radar.
Every 30 minutes we had to write down position of vessel and visual
check to see if we are drifting. It was cold, but crew was really
good, so it made our watch easier. Afternoon watch started
from noon and the weather was awful; it started to rain, and wind
got stronger. So, we lift up the anchor and spread all canvas.

"I had incredible feeling that I am seaman in 18th century while
we were pulling ropes, all wet, with wind in our face, and captain
was shouting: "2-6-heave!" (It was expression that was used in
British Royal Navy. Every team on board had 6 crew members, and
numbered roles. After loading, it was the task of the men numbered
two and six to heave the cannon out the gunport for
firing).

"It was literally a fight with wind, but also pushing our own
limits. I think this was a moment when I fell in love with sailing.
After we set sails, it was time to clean deck from ropes. Rule was;
"no ropes touching the deck", and captain was clear about that.
Rolling intervals are more often then on bigger vessels, and its
not problem for me, but one crew member got sea sickness today.

"After duty we set down for dinner, that lasted 3 hours. They
accepted me as they would accept any British on board. Thanks to
"2-6-heave", we started to sing "Oh o ho, and a bottle of a rum",
but after few minutes it become boring, because we didn't knew
lyrics of that song, and we have no signal on board to Google it.
So, it is time to sleep, and next day is starting in only 3
hours."